tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46704640210910610922018-03-06T04:41:12.952-05:00Reviews of a Book FiendEliza Greernoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-13120211906242954292013-07-09T00:28:00.002-04:002013-07-09T00:28:51.774-04:00Uncharted by Tracey Garvis Graves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363971188l/17268741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363971188l/17268741.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17268741-uncharted" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Uncharted-Novella-Penguin-Special-ebook/dp/B00C5QZC00/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1373344009&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9780698137141" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/uncharted-tracey-garvis-graves/1114980087?ean=9780698137141&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=9780698137141" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z62zO5n7N4k/UWWCr2KdYqI/AAAAAAAAADU/okvAarEzbyA/s1600/3-5+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z62zO5n7N4k/UWWCr2KdYqI/AAAAAAAAADU/okvAarEzbyA/s200/3-5+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />Uncharted is just a short little Novella that MUST be read after <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15505346-on-the-island" target="_blank">On the Island</a>. It's the story of "Bones" and a man named Owen.<br /><br />This was a great little story, that did draw me in right off the bat. You get little snippets from Anna and TJ but not a lot. It really is a separate, but connected, story. As it went it did slow down a wee bit. Not as engrossing as On the Island, but still really enjoyable. <br /><br />Everything is wrapped up nicely, and it does tie up other loose ends that you might have had after reading On the Island.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-11364203950681549042013-06-24T10:45:00.000-04:002013-06-24T10:45:15.420-04:00Luck of Love Tiffany Aleman and Ashley Poch | Excerpt & Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://theboyfriendbookmark.com/blog-tour-schedule-luck-of-love-by-tiffany-ashley/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GquBA4HQ4ao/UchY-quVyXI/AAAAAAAAALY/KrS0mE5FEWQ/s400/Luck+of+Love+Tour+Banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190700-luck-of-love" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U0le-JRtytI/UZuj2iZb5tI/AAAAAAAAAIw/-vDrqRweLZk/s200/Luck+of+Love+Cover.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190700-luck-of-love" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Luck-Love-Series-ebook/dp/B00CX7O3AG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369168422&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=tiffany+aleman" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/luck-of-love-tiffany-aleman/1115382203?ean=2940016528076" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/318466" target="_blank">Smashwords<br /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="61" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z62zO5n7N4k/UWWCr2KdYqI/AAAAAAAAADU/okvAarEzbyA/s320/3-5+stars.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3fcce2e4-c7f9-0d27-2007-fe1b39faee64" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><br /><br />Synopsis</div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i>Blake Riley thought she could leave her traumatic past behind when she left for college. Starting a new life and moving forward never sounded so good. Living carefree with her best friend in Ocean City New Jersey gave her the freedom she had always hoped for. </i><br /><i><br class="kix-line-break" /></i><i>But sometimes life isn’t so carefree.</i><br /><i><br class="kix-line-break" /></i><i>When Blake finds herself torn between the affections of two men, emotions that have been buried for years will be exposed. Derrick, a powerful CEO of a popular casino resort, instantly captivates her. Being drawn into his domineering passion, she bares herself to him in a way she least expected. With Landon, a successful attorney, she can be someone new; someone free from her haunting past. Each man evokes a different side of Blake. As both relationships grow stronger, walls will slowly begin to crack.</i><br /><i><br class="kix-line-break" /></i><i>What will happen when the past slowly creeps its way into the present?</i><br /><i><br class="kix-line-break" /></i><i>With two worlds filled with secrets and lies, it’s only a matter of time before they crash and truths are revealed.</i></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Trailer<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UAkpKDQY_is" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Review:<br />I liked this one! I liked the characters and the way the story was told. You get to read it from the POV of more than one of the characters which is so nice. I hate it when you are stuck reading so much of just one persons thoughts. Though there was a lot of inner dialogue from Blake...<br /><br />This book has a lot of drama, so be ready for that. After a few of my last books though, I was ready for some angst and drama so that was perfect for where I am at right now. It was a nice change for me personally.<br /><br />This story is really hot and steamy but it does end on a cliffhanger so be prepared for that!<br /><br />I wish I had more to say about this, but really it's one you just gotta read yourself! It is a great summer read though now I need the next one! <br /><br />Here's a little sneak peek:<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3fcce2e4-c7ff-20e2-35a7-baf130b7ea4d" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Excerpt</b></div><i>Standing on the landing in front of Blake’s door knocking, my cell phone vibrates. &nbsp;Reaching in and pulling it out of my pocket, I open a text from Blake.</i><br /><br /><i>&nbsp;<b>Blake: It’s open. Come in and find me ;)</b></i><br /><br /><i>With a smile spreading across my face, I open the door walking in. &nbsp;Closing it behind me, I walk past the couch, tossing my bag on it.&nbsp;</i><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i>Searching for Blake, I go to the last room I haven’t looked in yet. Opening her door I’m frozen in place when I see a very sexy Blake standing in front of me, wearing a pair of black stilettos, black stockings with garter belts attached to a pair of lacy boy shorts, and a black bra that has me salivating at the sight of her. &nbsp;My dick jumps to attention, as a white satin tie hangs around her neck and over her breasts, the tip skims above her belly button. &nbsp;Her wavy hair hangs freely down her back. &nbsp;A pair of scarlet red square framed glasses rests on her face completing her look. &nbsp;Spinning around slowly letting me take in the full effect of this vixen who is Blake Riley, I say huskily, “Well this is a nice surprise.”</i></div><i>Sauntering towards me, swaying her hips back and forth, I clear my throat when she reaches me. &nbsp;Tracing her finger along my collarbone and up my neck, she leans into me and whispers seductively, “Well hello Mr. James. &nbsp;I see you got my text. &nbsp;I seem to be in need of some assistance tonight.” Tracing the shell of my ear with the tip of her tongue, my body stiffens, as the bulge in my pants grows harder. &nbsp;Grabbing my hand, Blake guides me towards a chair that sits in the middle of her room surrounded by the soft glow of candles placed sporadically throughout. &nbsp;Sitting down, I rest my arms on the armrests of the chair. &nbsp;With hooded eyes, I ask Blake, “Are you sure you want to play this game with me?”&nbsp;</i><br /><br /><i>Her eyebrow lifts as she answers, “This is my game Mr. James and you have to follow the rules, or else you don’t get to play.” She leaves me sitting in the chair as she walks across the room. &nbsp;With her back to me, she says, “There are two rules, and if you break either of them there will be consequences. &nbsp;I’ll tell you when the rules no longer apply, &nbsp;then and only then are you allowed to do what you want to me. &nbsp;Rule number one: Do not touch me at all; if you do, I’ll restrain you. &nbsp;Rule number two: Don’t speak. &nbsp;If you say one word, well, you’ll miss one hell of a show.” Fiddling with her iPod, Beyonce’s “Dance for You,” comes over the speakers.&nbsp;</i><br /><br /><i>Walking back to me and standing within my reach, she leans down so that we’re eye to eye, asking, “Do you understand my rules?”&nbsp;</i><br /><br />**Fanning myself** sooo steamy!<i> </i>About the authors:<i><br /></i><br /><b>About Tiffany</b><br />I am 27 years old, with a wonderful family. My husband is in the Army, and we have two wonderful children. Ashley and I have been best of friends since we were 13. I recently graduated from South University with my Associate's Degree as a Paralegal. I enjoy listening to music, playing with my kids, and going to the beach, and anything that has to do with the outdoors pretty much. I’ve always liked to write, but never really had an interest in reading until the summer of 2012. I am so excited to be taking my writing journey with Ashley, and we cannot wait for everyone to get their hands on Luck of Love, which is the first installment in the Luck Series. I have many authors that I consider my favorite so I’ll just name a few: E.L. James, SC Stephens, Molly McAdams, Rebecca Donovan, K.A Linde, Marie Coulson, and S.H. Kolee. <b><br /><br />About Ashley </b><br />Ashley grew up in Texas but now has joined her husband to reside in North Dakota. She is a military wife and mother to two adorable children. She’s always wanted to travel having grown up in a small town. Her interest in reading sparked last summer and now she’s a lost cause without her e-reader. Since she loves to travel, the places she gets to go in her fictional books are what any girl could ask for. When Ashley isn’t glued to her computer you can find her outdoors either playing with her children or relaxing and enjoying the sun reading a good romance novel.<br /><br />Connect with them:<br /><a href="http://www.authorstiffanyandashley.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tiffanyandashley" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TiffanyAshley20" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">**Giveaway**</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/0f7a7833/" id="rc-0f7a7833" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script> </div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-54911743764948102742013-06-21T19:03:00.001-04:002013-06-21T19:03:40.945-04:00One by Leigh Ann Kopans | Review and Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_A7pzvi2yfE/UbZNUrEc9vI/AAAAAAAAAKU/PCWijWWteEY/s400/One+Blog+Tour.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17251203-one" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjTfNuZRpSg/UbZNcHYcyEI/AAAAAAAAAKc/CM-FTnIGFBY/s200/17251203.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17251203-one" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Synopsis:<br /><i><span id="freeText6005167102713124592">When having two powers makes you a Super and having none makes you a Normal, having only one makes you a sad half-superpowered freak.<br /><br />It makes you a One.<br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Merrin Grey would love to be able to fly – too bad all she can do is hover.<br /><br />If she could just land an internship at the Biotech Hub, she might finally figure out how to fix herself. She busts her butt in AP Chem and salivates over the Hub’s research on the manifestation of superpowers, all in hopes of boosting her chances.<br /><br />Then she meets Elias VanDyne, another One, and all her carefully crafted plans fly out the window. Literally. When the two of them touch, their Ones combine to make them fly, and when they’re not soaring over the Nebraska cornfields, they’re busy falling for each other.<br /><br />Merrin's mad chemistry skills land her a spot on the Hub's internship short list, but as she gets closer to the life she always wanted, she discovers that the Hub’s purpose is more sinister than it has always seemed. Now it’s up to her to decide if it's more important to fly solo, or to save everything - and everyone - she loves.</span></i></div><br />Excerpt: <br /><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-35f6b245-68fa-0159-6bf4-b8a380718585" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“They don’t matter,” Elias says, staring at his hands, his fingers gripping each other. “I learned that a long time ago.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Suddenly, I’m angry at his passivity, like I want to shake him by the shoulders and scream some sense into him. He’s a One. He’s a freak. He should be suffering just as much as I am.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Yeah? Well, if your One doesn’t matter and they don’t matter, what does matter?” I clench and unclench my jaw over and over again, wavering between feeling bad about saying that to him and feeling powerful for finally unleashing this on anyone besides my poor parents.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He doesn’t respond right away. Oh, God, he must hate me. But then he speaks, and his voice is soft and patient. “There’s something beyond Superior and the Hub, Merrin. Someplace where no one expects anything from me. From people like us. Somewhere I could be myself, without the One and without the stupid school and basketball team. Those are just things I’m using to get by. Leni…she really fits in there at Nelson. But I don’t.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Somewhere you can be just like a Normal, you mean. But your One will never leave you.” The words come spilling out, like I couldn’t stop them if I tried. Still, I don’t look at him, focusing instead on twisting a long blade of grass into a knot over and over. “You can always leave Superior, leave other Supers, but you’ll always be half like them.” I can’t keep my voice low and measured like he can. “You’ll always be doing…whatever it is you can do…and wondering if there’s more. Don’t tell me you would ever give it up, that you’d give up practicing whatever your One is. We’re meant for more than Normal life.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A smile teases at his lips, like he wants to tell me about his One but knows there’s no point. Like he doesn’t even care whether I know or not. And because of that, I really do want to know. Finally.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t stop my legs from fidgeting. They bounce up and down, making my skirt swing against my calves. But I can’t make myself leave him. Even though he makes me feel like screaming at him and sobbing into his shoulder at the same time.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A few lone fireflies flit around a bit too early. The top three-quarters of the sky are only slightly dark. I reach out to swipe one from the air and watch as it staggers across the back of my hand, testing its legs after a stretch of flight. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I wish walking felt more foreign to me than flying.</span><br />About Leigh Ann Kopans:<br />Raised on comic books and classic novels, Leigh Ann developed an early love of science fiction and literature. As an adult, she rediscovered her love for not only reading, but also writing the types of fiction that enchanted her as a teen. Her debut novel, ONE, is about a girl with only half a superpower, the boy who makes her fly, and her struggle to make herself whole.<br /><br />Leigh Ann, her husband, and four children live in Columbus, Ohio. When she’s not immersed in the world of fiction, you can find her obsessing over the latest superhero movie or using her kids as an excuse to go out for ice cream (again.)<br /><br />Connect with Leigh Ann:<br /><a href="http://leighannkopans.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="http://www.leighannkopans.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeighAnnKopansbooks" target="_blank">Facebook </a>| <a href="http://www.twitter.com/LeighAnnKopans" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6439443.LeighAnn_Kopans" target="_blank">Good Reads</a><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/7272561/" id="rc-7272561" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> <script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-75308025956962013822013-06-20T11:00:00.000-04:002013-06-20T11:00:05.356-04:00Escaping Me by Elizabeth Lee | Cover Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zH8DI4IRboE/UcIdyy3gRVI/AAAAAAAAAKw/DkDhb3-Wz6w/s1600/EscapingMeEL.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zH8DI4IRboE/UcIdyy3gRVI/AAAAAAAAAKw/DkDhb3-Wz6w/s400/EscapingMeEL.png" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17854029-escaping-me?ac=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coming July 2013</span></div>Synopsis: <br /><span id="freeText12927199840540471191">All she wanted to do was forget. Forget the memory of walking in on her boyfriend in the middle of, well, another girl. Forget how she had her entire life planned out. And, forget about being perfect all the time. Unfortunately, she was Whitney Vandaveer and despite the fact that she moved to the middle of nowhere – she couldn't.<br /><br />He always knew he would never be more than nothing. No job, no money, no future. Cole Pritchett had accepted the fact that he would always be the screw up and he was okay with it. Until he met her.<br /><br />Here's the thing they quickly found out – sometimes we all need a little help escaping who we think we are.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNVPgxU0AYQ/UcIfdqeOxnI/AAAAAAAAALA/Wt8Regk0nao/s1600/ELeePic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNVPgxU0AYQ/UcIfdqeOxnI/AAAAAAAAALA/Wt8Regk0nao/s1600/ELeePic.jpg" /></a>About Elizabeth Lee:<br />&nbsp;When I'm not writing or playing the part of wife and mother, you can find me dancing back-up for Beyonce, singing back-up for Miranda, or sunning myself on the beach with a drink in hand. &nbsp;Here's the thing about being born and raised in a small town—you have a very vivid imagination! &nbsp;Now, I channel it all to create stories where the girl always ends up with the right guy, first kisses are magical, and a happy ending is just that!<br /><br />Connect with Elizabeth:<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elizabethleewrites" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/elwrites" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://elizabethleewrites.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6542627.Elizabeth_Lee" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-86082057760500345212013-06-15T10:00:00.000-04:002013-06-15T10:00:02.620-04:00Dragonfly by Leigh T. Moore | Interview and Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-im1RbWRJKKg/Ua7Gw6naYAI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5LnEzduaoSM/s200/DRAGONFLY.jpeg.jpg" width="131" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17873710-dragonfly" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dragonfly-ebook/dp/B00D682PCE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1370408767&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Dragonfly" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dragonfly-leigh-talbert-moore/1115477100?ean=2940016563862" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><br />Synopsis: <br /><span id="freeText5955320966442748590"><i>Three bad things I learned this year:<br />-People you trust lie, even parents. <br />-That hot guy, the one who’s totally into you, he might not be the one. <br />-Things are not always how they appear.<br /><br />Three good things I learned this year:<br />-Best friends are always there for you, even when they’re far away. <br />-That other hot guy, the one who remembers your birthday, he just might be the one. <br />-Oh, and things are not always how they appear.</i><br />Anna Sanders expected an anonymous (and uneventful) senior year until she crossed paths with rich-and-sexy Jack Kyser and his twin sister Lucy.<br /><br />Pulling Anna into their extravagant lifestyle on the Gulf Coast, Lucy pushed Anna outside her comfort zone, and Jack showed her feelings she’d never experienced... Until he mysteriously withdrew.<br /><br />Anna turned to her internship at the city paper and to her old attraction for Julian, a handsome local artist and rising star, for distraction. But both led to her discovery of a decades-old secret closely guarded by the twins’ distant, single father. <br /><br />A secret that could permanently change all their lives.<br /><br /><i> UNDERTOW, Book #2 in the Dragonfly series, coming July 18!<br />&nbsp;</i></span><br /><h3><span id="freeText5955320966442748590"><i>**Interview**</i></span></h3><span id="freeText5955320966442748590">I am so so excited because I got to interview Leigh!! Everything from Leigh will be in <span style="color: magenta;">THIS COLOR</span>. </span><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid--59c4e23-3026-b52a-933c-8bc773d77457" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hi, Eliza! Thank you so much for having me here today and helping me share my new book </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonfly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> with everyone!</span></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you always wanted to be a writer? </span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve always written and loved books, but I never dreamed I’d actually write one. I liked writing short things, like features for news and magazines. Then one day I sat down and wrote </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonfly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (in 2009), and five books later, I can’t imagine doing anything else!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did you get started as a writer?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I was an English major in college then I taught writing to high school students for a year. After that I worked as an editor, and I freelanced for a newspaper. Then I was the editor for a local magazine. All that led to my first book!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What genre do you consider your books and what drew you to that one?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The majority of my books are contemporary romance. The first two I put out (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Truth About Faking </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Truth About Letting Go</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">) are Sarah Dessen-style young adult. The Dragonfly series will start with the characters as seniors in high school and quickly move into New Adult. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On the flip side, my book </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rouge</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is New Adult-light historical, and I have a YA science fiction book with a literary agent. So I dabble. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How would you describe your style and books to someone who hasn't ever read one of yours before?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They’re fast-paced, character-driven romance/love stories. The Dragonfly books are more plot-driven and soapy than the Truth books, but still, they’re all very character-focused. Sometimes they have light mystery or suspense thrown in!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Who is your fave character from your book and why?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am in love with Prentiss Puckett, who’s the scrappy little heroine of my science fiction book. She’s a survivor, she’s determined to escape her predicament, and I had the most fun writing her. At the same time, I love all my characters. They’re all so unique and they all face different challenges. But Prentiss is tons of fun to write.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If this book were to be made a movie who are your dream casting pics?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Argh. I wrote </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonfly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in 2009, so my dream cast is sadly out of date. I’m asking readers to email me THEIR dream cast collages (leightmoore@gmail.com), and I’ll post them on my Facebook page with their names/links! (</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/LeighTalbertMoore" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.facebook.com/LeighTalbertMoore</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you ever see yourself as one of your main characters? If yes which one?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Not really. But I guess all of my characters have some part of my personality in them. That’s inevitable, yes?</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you ever get writers block? Is so, how do you overcome it?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I haven’t ever had “writers’ block” as it’s traditionally imagined. But I do procrastinate a lot before I sit down and start a new story. Then I usually don’t get up until it’s finished, so maybe that’s why… LOL!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Can you share a bit of what you are currently working on?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The next book in the Dragonfly series focuses heavily on the secret Anna discovers in the first book. Readers will get that whole story couched in *no spoilers* Anna’s growing romance with one of the guys.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />What advice would you give to someone who is just starting out as an author or is afraid to start at all?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just do it—and then just keep swimming! Even if you write something that ends up going in a drawer, the first step to being a writer is writing. I used to tell my students the most important part of writing is revising. So never give up, never delete! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonfly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> was in a drawer for four years before I went back and broke it all to pieces and put it back together again as a stronger book. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Get some trusted writer-friends or join a local writers’ group, maybe take some classes, and get going! You can do it! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randomness:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What's your favorite quote? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I just saw this one, and I love it: “All Good Things Start from a Seed. How Many Have You Planted?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />What advice would you give to your younger self?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stop stressing so much. Everything will work out exactly like it’s supposed to. (Hmm… I guess I should tell older me that, too!)</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />What are you currently reading?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Click to Subscribe</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> by LM Augustine, and it is too cute!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are 5 of your favorite movies?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything by Wes Anderson! In the summertime, though, I love re-watching </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Life Aquatic</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My Favorite Brunette</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (the old 1940s version) and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All the President’s Men</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (the old 1970s version)—both of these movies are why I wanted to be a journalist.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Juno</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">—the perfect YA story</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Room With A View</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">—with the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">very</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> young Helena Bonham-Carter, Daniel Day Lewis, and Julian Sands. Gorgeous!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks again so much for having me here, Eliza! I hope you enjoy my new Dragonfly series~ &lt;3<br /></span></span></span></span><span id="freeText5955320966442748590">Thank you sooooo much Leigh! It was so great to get to know you a bit better! &lt;3 &lt;3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ABOUT LEIGH T. MOORE:</span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Leigh Talbert Moore</span></b>&nbsp;is the author of the popular young adult romantic comedy&nbsp;<i><a href="http://amzn.to/XvCnPJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Truth About Faking</span></a></i>, its companion&nbsp;<i><a href="http://amzn.to/Y3axts" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Truth About Letting Go</span></a></i>, and the mature YA/new adult romantic suspense novel&nbsp;<i><a href="http://amzn.to/SOmYtz" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rouge</span></a></i>, a Quarter Finalist in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.</span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">She is an award-winning journalist and editor, who has also worked in marketing and public relations for many years. Her writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the southeast and Midwest U.S., and she runs the popular writing-craft blog&nbsp;<i><a href="http://leightmoore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">That’s Write</span></a></i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">A southern ex-pat and beach bum, she currently lives with her husband, two young children, and one grumpy cat in the&nbsp;Midwest.</span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LINKS:</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/LeighTalbertMoore" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3rnJIyH_gU8/UbZLdGoY7ZI/AAAAAAAAAKE/ERW2i__AHAg/s1600/36853-onetinylie300x150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3rnJIyH_gU8/UbZLdGoY7ZI/AAAAAAAAAKE/ERW2i__AHAg/s1600/36853-onetinylie300x150.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/17302495-one-tiny-lie" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNomybFgks0/UbZKM9zxTYI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/3A5n4fgLyfw/s200/17302495.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/17302495-one-tiny-lie" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Tiny-Lie-Novel-ebook/dp/B00B73MUMU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1370901107&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-tiny-lie-k-a-tucker/1114256929?ean=9781476740485" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />Synopsis: <br /><i><span id="freeText6183359680201797408">Livie has always been the stable one of the two Cleary sisters, handling her parents' tragic death and Kacey's self-destructive phase with strength and maturity. But underneath that exterior is a little girl hanging onto the last words her father ever spoke to her. “Make me proud,” he had said. She promised she would...and she’s done her best over the past seven years with every choice, with every word, with every action.<br /><br />Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and she’s dead set on delivering on it: Rock her classes, set herself up for medical school, and meet a good, respectable guy that she’s going to someday marry. What isn’t part of her plan are Jell-O shots, a lovable, party animal roommate she can’t say ‘no’ to, and Ashton, the gorgeous captain of the men’s rowing team. Definitely him. He’s an arrogant ass who makes Livie’s usually non-existent temper flare and everything she doesn’t want in a guy. Worse, he’s best friends and roommates with Connor, who happens to fits Livie’s criteria perfectly. So why does she keep thinking about Ashton?<br /><br />As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and feelings for Ashton that she shouldn’t have, she’s forced to let go of her last promise to her father and, with it, the only identity that she knows.</span></i><br /><br />Review:<br /><br />I have been so excited for this book. I really loved the first book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990969-ten-tiny-breaths" target="_blank">Ten Tiny Breaths</a>. I went in to this one expecting the same kind of book as the first and it really is different. Livie and Kacey are like polar opposites so it totally makes sense that the books would have a different feel. I definitely loved this one as much as the first.<br /><br />Livie is damaged, but not in obvious ways like Kacey was. Livie is damaged in the ways that I personally could relate to. She has a plan and expectations and when they don't come through she feels like a failure. As a character I could see a lot of myself in her. It made reading it really fun and I was rooting for her all the way. <br /><br />While reading this, I kept comparing it to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13517535-thoughtless" target="_blank">Thoughtless by SC Stephens</a> as well. There were just parallels there and it came to mind throughout for me. Not a bad thing...just something I noticed! I was just holding my breath at times waiting for the inevitable. It was incredibly nerve wracking at times!! This book also made me laugh out loud numerous times. I love that in a book!!! <br /><br />The boys in this book...seriously! Ashton...oh Ashton. I LOVE him!! Every time I read a book I have a new book boyfriend, but Ashton is going to be really high on my faves for the whole year I think. He is seriously dreamy and charming and hilarious and damaged and loveable. He's seriously everything and perfect. Connor seemed pretty perfect too! I am a total sucker for an accent and I can see why he would be everything Livie would be looking for. He fits her criteria perfectly and is every girls dream I think. He was definitely likable most of the time and then other times I couldn't stand him and I don't even know why! I guess it's just cause Ashton is around? Poor Connor. Really no one can compete with Ashton around. At least not in my eyes! <br /><br />Livie was really likable for me. I think because she really was pretty normal. At least in the way that most of us are. We all have issues. Sometimes when they don't seem like huge issues they get overlooked, but they are still there. <br /><br />This book made me laugh and cry and hold my breath. It really is everything you can want in a book and I definitely recommend it!! I guess there is a third book and I have heard rumors that it is about Cain...could be interesting....<br /><br />About Kathleen:<br />Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.<br /><br />Connect with her:<br /><a href="http://www.katucker.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="http://www.katuckerbooks.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/K.A.Tucker.Author?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/kathleenatucker" target="_blank">Twitter </a>| <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4866520.K_A_Tucker" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atria" target="_blank">Atria</a><br /><br /><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9172c123/" id="rc-9172c123" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> <script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script> Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-3724350553684150492013-06-06T12:41:00.000-04:002013-06-10T17:04:01.578-04:00Pretty Little Lies by Jennifer Miller | Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DFx4TIKnmo0/Ua7JfLtKs_I/AAAAAAAAAJU/20VmdiGeYR4/s200/PLLeCoverFinal.jpg" width="130" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17692810-pretty-little-lies" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Little-Lies-ebook/dp/B00DAPHSXE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1370880391&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pretty+little+lies" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pretty-little-lies-jennifer-miller/1115551167?ean=2940016534138&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=2940016534138" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />Synopsis:<br /><span id="freeText1558685268337218102"><i>A little lie can change the course of everything. . .<br /><br />Like every other eighteen-year-old in love, Olivia has dreams of spending forever with the love of her life. Luke is all she’s ever wanted – until she overhears something she was never meant to. In a matter of seconds, Olivia’s heart is shattered. Olivia handles it the only way she knows how - she runs- leaving behind her family, friends and the boy she loves. <br /><br />Seeking comfort and an escape, Olivia finds it in resident bad boy Deacon. He’s everything Luke isn’t – and that’s fine with Olivia.<br /><br />Now, seven years later, Olivia is older, wiser and headed back to Chicago looking forward to a fresh start and reconnecting with her best friend Pyper. What she doesn’t expect, is to come face to face with the boy she left behind and discover that even though she may have left, her feelings for him didn’t. <br /><br />Can Olivia put aside the pain in her heart and trust Luke? Will the ties to her past ever let her go, or will she continue to let her life be affected by pretty little lies?</i><br /><br />Review:</span><br />I have been looking forward to this one for a while. I looove second chances and hope and all that jazz. It just makes my heart happy.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this book, though it could be a bit predictable at times. It took me a wee bit to get fully invested...maybe about page 50 or so? After that I was in it completely though. And once Luke was back in the picture I was totally hanging on every chapter waiting to see what would happen!<br /><br />Let's start with Pyper. I really loved her and the relationship she had with Olivia. Such a fun and perfect bet friend. I totally want a Pyper in my life. She made me smile and just brought such a great dynamic. Really she made me like Olivia more. <br /><br />If you are a fan of awesome book boys like I am, you will loooove Luke. He's very swoon worthy. He's got the perfect amount of confidence balanced with the perfect about of sweet. He's really awesome and I know you guys are going to love him too! <br /><br />While reading, I was kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. There was an air of suspense...not scary suspense...but there's a scene where Olivia says she is kind of waiting for the bad to happen. That she was afraid for some reason and I felt like that a lot.<br /><br />All in all I so loved this and cannot wait for book two. I need it like yesterday people!!! This book made me laugh out loud and swoon and I am so glad I got to read it and give it my honest review!<br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Jennifer is giving away a Kindle Paperwhite! With this giveaway, those entering to win the Kindle paperwhite need to show proof of purchase of Jennifer's ebook. By doing that, all you'll need to do is enter your confirmation number in the form below, BUT, since the book isn't available until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_912596788" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 12th</span></span>, the giveaway doesn't start until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_912596789" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">12:01 am</span></span> that morning. You'll be able to enter on each of the participating blog tour sites at that time.</span><br /><br /><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/65c2541/" id="rc-65c2541" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://mundiemomsblogtours.blogspot.com/2013/06/blog-tour-pretty-little-lies-by.html" target="_blank">GO HERE for a list of tour stops!</a><br /><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-16469650984002532172013-06-05T12:00:00.000-04:002013-06-05T12:13:38.793-04:00Crave by Monica Murphy | Cover Reveal & Excerpt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FLAXfFc_ums/Ua9OYyblE4I/AAAAAAAAAJk/TuGs_gHEyCk/s1600/Crave+CVR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FLAXfFc_ums/Ua9OYyblE4I/AAAAAAAAAJk/TuGs_gHEyCk/s400/Crave+CVR.JPG" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17852029-crave" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><br />synopsis:<br /><span id="freeText16568956838381507613">Billionaire Archer Bancroft always gets what he wants—and he’s wanted Ivy Emerson, his best friend’s sister, for far too long. Being forbidden and untouchable only makes her more tempting. When a million-dollar bet with his friends throws down a challenge—last bachelor standing takes all—Archer knows he can win. That is, until one enchanted evening with Ivy takes his heart for a ride.<br /><br />Ivy knows Archer is nothing but bad news: Infuriating, arrogant…and completely intoxicating. But despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to keep away. When a stolen kiss leads to a night of heated passion, Ivy realizes she’s in trouble and in head over heels.<br /><br />But in the light of day, everything seems clearer and Archer’s not so sure a one-night stand is all he wants. Concocting a plan to keep Ivy by his side, Archer might just be willing to lose this bet…and win the jackpot instead.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">CRAVE </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">by Monica Murphy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">New York Times<i>&nbsp;</i><i>bestselling author Monica Murphy launches her sexy Billionaire Bachelors Club series with the story of Archer and Ivy: a lavish bet, a night of carnal desires, and a forever they never thought possible…</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Ivy</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“What is this?” I take the wadded up fabric from his hand, our fingers accidentally brushing and heat rushes through me at first contact.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“One of my T-shirts.” He shrugs those broad shoulders, which are still encased in fine white cotton. “I know you didn’t have anything to wear to…bed. Thought I could offer you this.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">His eyes darkened at the word bed and my knees wobble. Good lord, what this man is doing to me is so completely foreign, I’m not quite sure how to react. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Um, thanks. I appreciate it.” The T-shirt is soft, the fabric thin, as if it’s been worn plenty of times, and I have the sudden urge to hold it to my nose and inhale. See if I can somehow smell his scent lingering in the fabric.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">The man is clearly turning me into a freak of epic proportions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“You’re welcome.” He leans his tall body against the doorframe, looking sleepy and rumpled and way too sexy for words. I want to grab his hand and yank him into my room.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Wait, no I don’t. That’s a bad, terrible idea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Liar.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Is that all then?” I ask because we don’t need to be standing here having this conversation. First, my brother could find us and start in again on what a mistake we are. Second, I’m growing increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that I’m completely naked beneath the robe. Third, I’m still contemplating shedding the robe and showing Archer just how naked I am.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Yeah. Guess so.” His voice is rough and he pushes away from the doorframe. “Well. Good night.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Good night,” I whisper but I don’t shut the door. I don’t move.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Neither does he.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Ivy…” His voice trails off and he clears his throat, looking uncomfortable. Which is hot. Oh my God, everything he does is hot and I decide to give in to my impulses because screw it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">I want him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Archer</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Like an idiot, I can’t come up with anything to say. It’s like my throat is clogged and I can hardly force a sound out, what with Ivy standing before me, her long, wavy dark hair tumbling past her shoulders, her slender body engulfed in the thick white robe I keep for guests. The very same type of robe we provide at Hush.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">But then she does something so surprising, so amazingly awesome I’m momentarily dumbfounded by the sight.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Her slender hands go for the belt of the robe and she undoes it quickly, the fabric parting, revealing bare skin. Completely bare skin.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Holy shit. She’s naked. And she just dumped the robe onto the ground so she’s standing in front of me. Again, I must stress, naked.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">My mouth drops open, a rough sound coming from low in my throat. Damn, she’s gorgeous. All long legs and curvy waist and hips and full breasts topped with pretty pink nipples. I’m completely entranced for a long, agonizing moment. All I can do is gape at her.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">“Well, are you just going to stand there and wait for my brother to come back out and find us like this or are you going to come inside my room?”</span></div><br />Find out more on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17852029-crave" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17852029-crave" target="_blank">http://www.goodreads.com/<wbr></wbr>book/show/17852029-crave</a>) and on <a href="http://www.avonromance.com/book/hush" target="_blank">avonromance.com</a> (<a href="http://www.avonromance.com/book/hush" target="_blank">http://www.avonromance.com/<wbr></wbr>book/hush</a>)<br /><br /><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-82437247685295456462013-05-21T07:08:00.001-04:002013-05-21T07:08:26.281-04:00The Hazards of Skinny Dipping by Alyssa Rose Ivy | Review & Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JA16MbpaZDM/UZoVGDmiC4I/AAAAAAAAAIg/tyVQdH_APwo/s1600/Hazards+Release+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JA16MbpaZDM/UZoVGDmiC4I/AAAAAAAAAIg/tyVQdH_APwo/s1600/Hazards+Release+Day.jpg" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408503-the-hazards-of-skinny-dipping" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1uSonkhFDJE/UZMF3RYpcTI/AAAAAAAAAHw/6Ezi57TQ2Js/s200/17408503.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408503-the-hazards-of-skinny-dipping" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Hazards-Skinny-Dipping-ebook/dp/B00CVBBHCQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369006830&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+hazards+of+skinny+dipping" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hazards-of-skinny-dipping-alyssa-rose-ivy/1115373445?ean=2940016789118" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Synopsis: <br /><i><span id="freeText1796881069549824732">This isn't a deep book about first loves or self-discovery. If you want a book like that, I'd be happy to recommend one, but I don't have that kind of story to tell. Instead my story is about rash decisions and finding out that your dream guy is bad in bed. It's the story of when I finally went skinny dipping, and how my life was never the same again. Oh, and it's also the story of my freshman year of college and realizing Mr. Right might have been there all along.</span></i><br /><br />Ok...so I admit I hadn't read anything by Alyssa Rose Ivy before this *gasp* I know right?! How lame am I? I definitely feel like I am missing out after reading this one and will be adding her books to my TBR shelf!<br /><br />I so enjoyed this book. I loooved that she didn't make it insanely long just for the sake of more pages but it didn't leave a bunch up in the air either because she cut story lines too short. It was paced perfectly and was the perfect length. I was able to sit and read it in one sitting and that was awesome.<br /><br />Let's talk about the characters. We'll start with our heroine, Juliet. I liked her...most of the time. She was spunky but not bitchy or mean. She had such a witty since of humor at times. Snarky I think is the perfect word for her. I am one of those wallflower types of people I feel like and totally admire the people who can be witty at the perfect moments! However....when it came to Dylan I wanted to shake her! Dylan. Blech. I want to punch him in the throat and break his trachea all Jason Statham style. It's odd too because he's not like this evil person, but I cringed every time he was around and I was really really nervous about it. Something about it him just was unsettling and very sketchy. Then Reed...*collective sigh all around* Reed is dreamy. He's that guy that would protect you and have your back and open your door for you and all the cheesy romantic things that everyone loves, even if they pretend they don't. He's not belittling though. He's patient and kind. I really loved him.<br /><br />&nbsp;There were moments where Juliet was so aggravating because she couldn't see what I could see. I wanted to yell at her and point out what she was doing wrong...but alas you have just have to watch it all play out. Right when you sigh and think everything is going to really good now...there's a twist and your back to holding your breath waiting for that perfect ending. There are funny moments and sad moments and perfect moments.<br /><br />&nbsp;This is a book that you will totally be able to lose yourself in for a few hours and be frustrated with at times, but in the end is so worth it! <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iHytTXGTvF8/UZoSP4BUOLI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/AdxPLKw3o34/s1600/alyssaroseivy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iHytTXGTvF8/UZoSP4BUOLI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/AdxPLKw3o34/s1600/alyssaroseivy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.</span></span></div><br />Connect with Alyssa:<br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5047249.Alyssa_Rose_Ivy" target="_blank">Good Reads</a> | <a href="http://www.alyssaroseivy.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/alyssaroseivy" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/alyssaroseivy/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlyssaRoseIvy" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***Giveaway*** </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9172c119/" id="rc-9172c119" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script></div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-32110518120415638592013-05-17T19:50:00.000-04:002013-05-17T19:50:37.369-04:00One Tiny Lie TeaserI am so so excited for <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17302495-one-tiny-lie" target="_blank">One Tiny Lie</a>! Just a couple weeks away! Here's a little teaser <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dx708nQ5bjI/UZbB4Oj-ppI/AAAAAAAAAIA/Bb83X1Dzva4/s1600/OTLTeaser1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dx708nQ5bjI/UZbB4Oj-ppI/AAAAAAAAAIA/Bb83X1Dzva4/s1600/OTLTeaser1.jpg" /></a></div><br />Check out my review of <a href="http://reviewsofabookfiend.blogspot.com/2013/04/ten-tiny-breaths-by-ka-tucker.html" target="_blank">Ten Tiny Breaths right here</a>! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-41728855449271476212013-05-14T19:51:00.002-04:002013-05-14T20:05:43.409-04:00The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13581990-the-eternity-cure" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LMEKsVlAYII/UZLKWuf7rkI/AAAAAAAAAHg/rGWRp6ZV_Ts/s200/13581990.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13581990-the-eternity-cure" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B0A5XTW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00B0A5XTW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=cryslivedesi-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-eternity-cure-julie-kagawa/1113515777?ean=9781460312018" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />This is another book that I have been sitting here stewing about for a few weeks since I read it. I just find it so hard to put into words what I am feeling about it! You can find my rambly review of book one <a href="http://reviewsofabookfiend.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-immortal-rules-by-julie-kagawa.html" target="_blank">RIGHT HERE</a>. <br /><br />This book was sooooo crazy. Julie Kagawa has this perfect way of writing where things are gritty and intense and you start see the light and the end of the tunnel "Everything's going to be ok!!" and then all of a sudden in the last chapter the light goes out and you are left sitting there feeling empty and sad and like you have been hit by a train or some other really powerful force. It's intense!! I don't quite know what to make of it either. Did I enjoy that book? Did that really all just happen?! Do I really have to wait for freakin' ever for the next book?! gah!! <br /><br />This is my first series of Julie's and I wish.....so wish I had read them when they were all out. Then I might be able to give it 5 stars, but the questions and the things left in the air drive me nuts!!! In a way this series reminds me of my favorite YA series of all time by Patrick Ness, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/44939-chaos-walking" target="_blank">Chaos Walking</a>. It just has the same dark undercurrent that leaves you breathless the whole way through. That's really the only book series I have been able to compare this to in my mind. <br /><br />Like the last book, this book really does take you to another world and you get lost in it. I can clearly picture everything in my mind and watch it all play out and I love that so much!!! I was much happier with the amount of time we got with Kanin too. I so love him as a character and was sad we only got a snippet of him in the first installment. He just has so many layers to him and I feel like he has a lot to tell.<br /><br />All in all I do love this series. It has the possibility of being one of my favorites, but I need all the books to be out before I can actually say that it is for certain. So...in a year I'll let you know! ;) Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-59873809443898708002013-05-12T18:33:00.000-04:002013-05-12T20:03:25.133-04:00Tag Team Review: This Girl by Colleen Hoover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15784909-this-girl" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H_BjKMD6wCI/UYedENOidqI/AAAAAAAAAGU/PYnZNZ-MxbQ/s200/15784909.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15784909-this-girl" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/This-Girl-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B00BOVFLD0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367842525&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-girl-colleen-hoover/1114818827?ean=9781476746548&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=this+girl" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XtKgagy3iaE/UYeflwlLBxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/hQJKPLYRC9Q/s1600/5+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XtKgagy3iaE/UYeflwlLBxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/hQJKPLYRC9Q/s200/5+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Then this girl...<br />Holy hell, this girl..."</i></span></div><br />Synopsis: <br /><span id="freeText4578171679882273219"><b><i>Colleen Hoover’s New York Times bestselling Slammed series has brought countless readers to their knees with a whirlwind of love, passion, and heartache. </i></b><br /><br /><i>Layken and Will’s love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers, now married, are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together, she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband, even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still, he can’t resist his wife’s pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story, revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts, retelling both the good and bad moments, and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.<br /><br />In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.</i></span><br /><br />Other books in this series:<br />#1 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13372690-slammed" target="_blank">Slammed</a><br />#2 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496084-point-of-retreat" target="_blank">Point of Retreat</a><br /><br />My review:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"..she's the first person in the last two years of mfy life who gives me any sense of hope about the future... This girl isn't anything like any girl I've known. This girl is..."</i></div><br />*swoon* I love love love will. I think he's perfect. He's reliable and sweet and charming and creative. He's everything I personally want from one of my book crushes. I loved him in Colleen's first two books and I love him even more now. <br /><br />When I read that this book was going to be made and what it was going to be I was wary. I just wasn't sure how she could go back and tell a story we already knew in such a way that we would still be in to it. I wasn't sure if there would be new information or if it would be repetitive and because of that, be a bit dull. It really wasn't. She went through it in a fun way and a unique way! I really loved it!<br /><br />It wasn't just a different POV. There were new tidbits of info and getting to hear how Will strugged with the situation instead of just Layken's thoughts, really was awesome and made it like reading a new story a lot of the time. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Reading about the hardships they faced made me so emotional. Anytime I am able to feel what a man is feeling I always feel so much more emotional for some reason. Watching these two go through everything a second time wasn't easy, but it is all so worth it. We get to feel everything will does. The sadness, fear, jealousy, everything and it really does do a number on you but I loooooved every second of it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I don't think you HAVE to read Slammed and Point of Retreat immediately before reading this one, but you should read them at least once before. This Girl directly follows Point of Retreat and though there are new storylines and new snippets, but the book is told from the perspective of Will talking to Layken and telling her his feelings after so many of their big moments. It's so beautiful and so sweet.&nbsp; If you haven't read it yet you definitely need to! <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Telling her exactly how I feel about her is the easiest thing I've ever done. The honesty comes so naturally."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Now! Check out my friends Tammy and Kim's review of this&nbsp; butterflying awesome book!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tammyandkimreviews.blogspot.com/2013/05/tag-team-reviewthis-girl-colleen-hoover.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="103" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XZOk_DYOnC0/UZAYmSLw9KI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/GLNGISNhlOk/s320/KIM-TAMMYReview_post+label+(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tammyandkimreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I am going to keep my review short and sweet. As I have said on several occasions, Colleen Hoover does not disappoint! This Girl did not disappoint,...."<br /><br /><a href="http://tammyandkimreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tammy and Kim's Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reviewsbytammyandkim" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></span></span></span></i></div></div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-79826388100499275662013-05-06T09:09:00.002-04:002013-05-06T10:45:05.881-04:00Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase | Review and Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143323-suddenly-royal" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jJzS0xEg_TU/UYehUHGaPfI/AAAAAAAAAGw/6YrQheNoCL8/s200/16143323.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143323-suddenly-royal" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Suddenly-Royal-ebook/dp/B00CG5WYZ6/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367843326&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/suddenly-royal-nichole-chase/1114988788?ean=2940016431925" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Synopsis: <i><span id="freeText16677899356309881924">Samantha Rousseau is used to getting her hands dirty. Working toward a master’s degree in wildlife biology while helping take care of her sick father, she has no time for celebrity gossip, designer clothes, or lazy vacations. So when a duchess from the small country of Lilaria invites her to dinner, Samantha assumes it’s to discuss a donation for the program. The truth will change the course of her life in ways she never dreamed.<br /><br />Alex D’Lynsal is trying to keep his name clean. As crown prince of Lilaria, he’s had his share of scandalous headlines, but the latest pictures have sent him packing to America and forced him to swear off women—especially women in the public eye. That is, until he meets Samantha Rousseau. She’s stubborn, feisty, and incredibly sexy. Not to mention heiress to an estate in his country, which makes her everyone’s front-page news.<br /><br />While Sam tries to navigate the new world of politics and wealth, she will also have to dodge her growing feelings for Alex. Giving in to them means more than just falling in love; it would mean accepting the weight of an entire country on her shoulders.</span></i><br /><br />I don't know about you guys, but who didn't dream of being a princess one day?! This book is like every young girls dream come true and it made me smile and it made me swoon and it just made me feel good! It was such a great read. You know how sometimes you want to sit down and read a book and feel good and happy? You want a yummy prince and happy endings? This book is totally that. It was exactly what I needed and was hoping for when I picked it up!<br /><br />This book isn't about love triangles or full of angst like most books that seem to be coming out. It's not full of drama between Sam and Alex, aka Prince Yummy. Sam is thrust into this new life and new world and it's about her coping and dealing with the change in her life and situation. The romance between the two of them really builds up in a nice sweet way...not a drama filled whirlwind. Not to say that it didn't have ups and downs, because where would the fun in that be, but it was not an emotional roller coaster and I personally was really grateful for that!<br /><br />The plot of the story is completely unrealistic I know, but i feel like the relationships were realistic. You could relate to Sam in ways that you wouldn't really think you could given her situation. It's really nice and refreshing. Plus I really loved the secondary characters like Alex's sister and Sam's assistant. Also, I am totally curious about Alex's brother that we dont' even meet but we hear about..I feel like there is a story there! <br /><br />All in all it was a nice, light, happy read. Sometimes you just want to feel good! You don't want to feel like you were put through the ringer and this definitely won't do that. It was a one sitting book for me because it flows really well and is so enjoyable. I am really really hoping for more books in this series so I can hear the stories of some of the other characters! *crossing fingers*<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">***Giveaway***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/f8210f1/" id="rc-f8210f1" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script></div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-72091590700014408122013-05-03T09:25:00.000-04:002013-05-03T09:25:09.724-04:00A Moment by Marie Hall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17602565-a-moment" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H6Y7ZHv2_Pg/UYO3BAeFXoI/AAAAAAAAAF4/zBpcMwmgjAw/s200/17602565.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17602565-a-moment" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moment-Moments-Series-Romance-ebook/dp/B00BTN2DSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367586652&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=A+Moment+by+Marie+Hall" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-moment-marie-hall/1114832734?ean=2940016268996" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dIe268L7nC4/UYO3jluSqEI/AAAAAAAAAGA/BazpBfIQ3VA/s1600/3+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dIe268L7nC4/UYO3jluSqEI/AAAAAAAAAGA/BazpBfIQ3VA/s200/3+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />I read this book a few weeks ago and just wasn't sure at all how to go about writing a review for it. I was engrossed in the story which is always a good thing in my opinion! However...there was something about it...something that made me really really uncomfortable and made me cringe. <br /><br /><br />Here is the synopsis because it is written better than anything I could: <br /><br /> <br /><i><span id="freeText12231709712314683951">Ryan Cosgrove and Liliana Delgado are on a collision course with destiny. They don’t know it yet, but before the night is over their lives will be forever changed.<br /><br />Spending Valentine’s Day at a burlesque bar, hadn’t been Liliana’s ideal way of spending a Friday night. She’d much rather be back on campus doing homework… until she meets Ryan. Tall, athletic, and gorgeous, Lili can’t keep her eyes off him, and despite his gruff manners and drunken disposition she’s intrigued.<br /><br />Ryan’s got demons, and they’re deep, dark, and eating him alive. Regardless of his attraction to the petite brunette he’s tired of fighting, of pretending the last fifteen years haven’t been a daily struggle just to get out of bed every morning. That night he decides to end his pain, to leave it all behind and float away into the blessed darkness of oblivion. But fate has other plans for him, Lily finds and rescues Ryan, determined she’ll not only save his body, but his soul too.<br /><br />This is their moment…</span></i><br />I know bad things happen to people every day. I just didn't need the details, especially when I could figure it out already based on little clues we were given throughout the story. I honestly had to skip over the part where we were actually given details. He was a child. I don't want detailed info about things happening to children. Maybe I am naive and unrealistic. IDK. It just was not necessary for me to understand the story and for me to understand what Ryan was going through. <br /><br />I did really like the connection between Lily and Ryan. I thought they had some really sweet moments and I was rooting for them the whole time...hoping and praying that they could get over their past issues and Lily's current dilemma to make it work with each other. It was important for me to finish because I desperately wanted peace and new beginnings for these two.<br /><br />There were some really good moments in this book, but it was definitely a book that is hard to read. Also, I felt like there were lots of different things going on and throughout the book it just skips time..like a lot of time. It will be like 6 months later. Next chapter 4 months later..etc. Parts of it were really rushed through and it felt odd based on the heavy subject matter to me. <br /><br />I agree with another review who made the comment that some stories are just meant to be told..but not enjoyed. This was one of those. It was dark and intense, but there was hope. People can survive through awful circumstances. The next book is supposed to be about the cousin, Alex, I do believe and I do think that that would be a story I would want to hear. Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-7414430150758788672013-05-03T08:57:00.002-04:002013-05-03T08:57:40.574-04:00Cover Reveal | Pretty Little Lies by Jennifer Miller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17692810-pretty-little-lies?auto_login_attempted=true" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iOmBJyMu8DA/UYJgvjBoGxI/AAAAAAAAAFo/BqYFSjWr_bI/s320/PLLeCoverFinal.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17692810-pretty-little-lies?auto_login_attempted=true" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Pretty Little Lies by Jennifer Miller<br />Genre: Adult contemporary romance<br />Release date is June 12, 2013<br /><br /><div>Synopsis:</div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A little lie can change the course of everything. . .<br /><br />Like every other eighteen-year-old in love, Olivia has dreams of spending forever with the love of her life. Luke is all she’s ever wanted – until she overhears something she was never meant to. In a matter of seconds, Olivia’s heart is shattered. Olivia handles it the only way she knows how - she runs- leaving behind her family, friends and the boy she loves. <br /><br />Seeking comfort and an escape, Olivia finds it in resident bad boy Deacon. He’s everything Luke isn’t – and that’s fine with Olivia.<br /><br />Now, seven years later, Olivia is older, wiser and headed back to Chicago looking forward to a fresh start and reconnecting with her best friend Pyper. What she doesn’t expect, is to come face to face with the boy she left behind and discover that even though she may have left, her feelings for him didn’t. <br /><br />Can Olivia put aside the pain in her heart and trust Luke? Will the ties to her past ever let her go, or will she continue to let her life be affected by pretty little lies?</span></div><br />Connect with the author:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.jennifermillerwrites.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer's website</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jennifermillerwrites.com/" target="_blank"></a> </li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenMillerWrites" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/JenMillerWrites" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JenMillerWrites" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/JenMillerWrites"></a></li><li><a href="http://pinterest.com/jenmillerwrites/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><a href="http://pinterest.com/jenmillerwrites/" target="_blank" title="http://pinterest.com/jenmillerwrites/"></a></li></ul><br /><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-90889231426452831552013-04-28T12:50:00.000-04:002013-04-28T12:50:46.458-04:00The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15803761-the-immortal-rules" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JWBq8m1sBTc/UXyOpRXcVmI/AAAAAAAAAFU/xyFl46-mApo/s200/15803761.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15803761-the-immortal-rules" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Rules-Blood-Eden-ebook/dp/B00ALTVH8O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367117550&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Immortal+Rules" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-immortal-rules-julie-kagawa/1106936600?ean=9780373210800" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />It seems like I am handing out 4 stars left and right around here huh?! I guess it's a good thing that I have been reading so many decent books lately! Hopefully soon I will find a 5 star one again! <br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I don't really know what I was expecting going in, but for some reason this book was nothing like I thought it would be. I guess it's because it was "another vampire series" in my head. I was sooooooo wrong! This was more "I am legend" (which I haven't actually read..only watched) than it was say...Vampire Academy. It was gritty and intense and kind of gross at times honestly. It wasn't lovey dovey or sweet or even romantic, though we do get a couple glimpses of that...but that's all they were..glimpses. If you were to blink you would miss them.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The story takes place in a futuristic society where vampires rule and most of the population has been wiped out by a virus called Red Lung. The people who weren't wiped out have turned into scavengers...or rabids. Allison, our heroine, is a scavenger but when given the choice to die or become a vampire she chooses the latter. She is forced to flee from her home town of New Covington and stumbles upon a group of people on a quest to find Eden. She decides to travel with them while hiding what she really is.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The whole time I was literally just shaking my head. How it could all work out was beyond me, but I was totally rooting for her in a weird way because honestly I didn't think she was that likable. Most people aren't that easy going and friendly when they have been fighting for survival though, and I could recognize that and relate to her because of everything she had been through.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The "love interest", if you can call it that, was Ezekiel Cross aka Zeke. I loved him. I can see why some people wouldn't....he's very good and the trend now a days is a bad boy. While I too can appreciate the appeal of the bad boys in this world, I so love a good hero on occasion. Someone you can always root for because you know their intentions are always good. You never have to wonder about their motives. They are steady and Zeke was definitely steady for me.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I am getting rambly..but I am almost done!!</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The vampires in this book are good old fashioned vampires for the most part. They are the bad guys. They kill and hunt and they enjoy it while they do. I know people say they wish there more books like that again and this was one of them. They aren't as creepy as the rabids...but they are definitely not the good guys here.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">My biggest complaint is that at times it was slow. There is a lot of descriptive writing, which is nice for visualization, it did make some of the chapters really drawn out. I read somewhere that these were being made into a movie and honestly while reading them, I felt like it was written for that purpose. It wasn't annoying enough to detract from the story..just enough to make it drag for me sometimes.<br /><br />I haven't read anything else by Julie Kagawa before now but I definitely think I will pick up the Fey series one day soon! </div><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-60715971795031249082013-04-27T20:29:00.003-04:002013-04-27T20:29:55.533-04:00Snagged this WeekOk...so this week I kind of went one click happy.&nbsp; It seems like every week there are more and more books on sale! Here's what I snagged this week<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15924677-ember-x" target="_blank">Ember X by Jessica Sorensen</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ember-X-Death-Collectors-ebook/dp/B00CF6MN84/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951371&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Ember+X" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ember-x-jessica-sorensen/1115149759?ean=2940016489667" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255123-you-got-me" target="_blank">You Got Me by Mercy Amare</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Got-Me-ebook/dp/B00BCRURQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951484&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=You+Got+Me" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-got-me-mercy-amare/1114372793?ean=2940016394978" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17182049-relentless" target="_blank">Relentless by Cassia Leo</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Shattered-Hearts-ebook/dp/B00BJDHT4C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951468&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=relentless" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/relentless-cassia-leo/1114676268?ean=2940016259536" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11382346-that-boy" target="_blank">That Boy by Jillian Dodd</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/That-Boy-ebook/dp/B004Z1DBG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951447&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=That+Boy" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-boy-jillian-dodd/1100045839?ean=2940012489524" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15704001-seduction-and-snacks" target="_blank">Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Snacks-Chocolate-Lovers-ebook/dp/B008AZTUU8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951428&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=seduction+and+snacks" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seduction-and-snacks-tara-sivec/1111681776?ean=2940014709507" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16250951-moving-forward" target="_blank">Moving Forward by Erika Taylor</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Forward-Timing-Everything-ebook/dp/B00BYKD2UU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951412&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Moving+Forward" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moving-forward-erika-taylor/1114892542?ean=2940044398061" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16096514-crush" target="_blank">Crush by Nicole Williams</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crush-Crash-ebook/dp/B009YJOLBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366951394&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Crush" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crush-nicole-williams/1113500474?ean=9780062267177" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143323-suddenly-royal" target="_blank">Suddenly Royal by Nicole Chase</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Suddenly-Royal-ebook/dp/B00CG5WYZ6/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367099126&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/suddenly-royal-nichole-chase/1114988788?ean=2940016431925" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2761356-the-sweet-gum-tree" target="_blank">The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sweet-Gum-Tree-ebook/dp/B003370K3Y/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367108782&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweet-gum-tree-katherine-allred/1100328178?ean=9781419953248" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul>See..I seriously went nuts this week! I didn't even spend very much money! The only one I got not on sale is Crush because I just couldn't wait for more Jude. &lt;3 &lt;3&nbsp; And there will be more next week I am sure. <br /><br />I so hope you all have a beautiful weekend!<br /><ul></ul>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-1261497680393313742013-04-25T20:00:00.002-04:002013-04-25T20:00:41.195-04:00Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13477883-gameboard-of-the-gods" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QY_MJG1OERU/UXmCLsWFg5I/AAAAAAAAAFE/IjTNRVl9ssY/s200/13477883.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13477883-gameboard-of-the-gods" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gameboard-Gods-Age-X-ebook/dp/B009VMBYLW/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366917965&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gameboard-of-the-gods-richelle-mead/1113599176?ean=9780525953685" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a><br />{Preorder}</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />I seriously was sooo excited when I was approved for this book from NetGalley. I love love love love Richelle Mead. She is one of my all time favorite authors. Everything she does is awesome and has a way of taking me to a whole new place and getting totally lost. When I start a book of hers I always wish I had 12 more to go with it just to lose a week in her world/s.<br /><br />This book was no exception. It was a totally brand new and unique idea and I loved it. So many books are kind of the same plot, just with minor tweaks. This is so not. It totally a creative and original work and I love Richelle for that!!! She never fails me! <br /><br />The story takes place in a futuristic society where everything can be explained and controlled...or so they thought. Unknown powers and forces are in the background doing things trying to take back over the world they once owned. They are not wanting to be in the background any longer. <br /><br />At first I confess I was a bit confused. There were backstories to our two main characters, Justin and Mae, that weren't fully explained until about half way through. Things were hinted at and we were given little snippets here and there, but their main stories were kind of vague up until one point and then everything is finally laid out on the table. When that finally happened I totally sighed in relief...so grateful to finally "get it" so to speak. Up until that point I spent a lot of time trying to piece everything together and get it to make sense.<br /><br />The story switched between three different point of views. We have Justin and Mae who are working closely together. Mae is Justin's body guard while he is off solving cases and studying religious/ super natural groups. Then we have Tessa who is just a teenager and has been brought to the RUNA. She is still young and I am really excited to see her character develop more over the series. I feel like she's going to have a big part to play in the story as a whole...but I am not quite sure what it is yet. It is done in a way that isn't confusing which I so appreciate. It is great getting to see different things from different perspectives. It gives so much more depth to all the characters instead of just one. <br /><br />I have read every single series by Richelle and knew I wouldn't be disappointed by this one. My only complaint is that it did start a wee bit slow...but I think it is interesting still. Like I said earlier, it just took me a bit to get that "aha!" moment. Oh and also....I am really annoyed that I have to wait so long for the next ones *sigh* It's like waiting between her Bloodlines series *sob* I need more of these characters and fast!<br /><br />Don't go in to this book thinking you know what it is. It's totally different from everything else I have read. It's dystopian, paranormal, and sci-fi with some romance thrown in as well. 4 big stars from me!Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-58973832298458043862013-04-22T13:19:00.001-04:002013-04-22T13:19:42.156-04:00Up Next | Snagged this weekSo I totally ran out of my book budget for this month a week ago...but my hubby loves me bunches and I still snagged some new books this week. Too many deals going on that I could not resist! Here are my snags this week<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17342184-the-good-life" target="_blank">The Good Life by Jodie Beau</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Life-ebook/dp/B00C7F2DUG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366650129&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Good+Life" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-good-life-jodie-beau/1114992226?ean=2940016719092" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17611415-everything-changes" target="_blank">Everything Changes by Shey Stahl</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Changes-ebook/dp/B00CDAA8B6/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything-changes-shey-stahl/1115125176?ean=2940016664552" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul>Not tons..but like I said I am over my budget already! haha! At the beginning of the month I buy a gift card for myself at Barnes and Noble and then when it's gone..that's my budget. Or that's supposed to be how it works. It helps me keep myself in check!<br /><br />I have decided to go in a different direction for a bit since I have been reading a lot of heavy stuff lately. So here's my currently/up next reads:<br /><br />Charley Davidson Series<br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8788554-first-grave-on-the-right" target="_blank">First Grave on the Right</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Charley-Davidson-Series-ebook/dp/B0044781TW/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366650719&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=charley+davidson+series" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/first-grave-on-the-right-darynda-jones/1100190486?ean=9780312360801" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9565045-second-grave-on-the-left" target="_blank">Second Grave on the Left</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Second-Charley-Davidson-Series-ebook/dp/B004TLHNOC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/second-grave-on-the-left-darynda-jones/1028783962?ean=9781250005915" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12275623-third-grave-dead-ahead" target="_blank">Third Grave Dead Ahead</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Third-Charley-Davidson-Series-ebook/dp/B005T54LWE/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/third-grave-dead-ahead-darynda-jones/1104154981?ean=9781250008701" target="_blank"> Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721524-fourth-grave-beneath-my-feet" target="_blank">Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Beneath-Charley-Davidson-ebook/dp/B007VM9FTM/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fourth-grave-beneath-my-feet-darynda-jones/1108946374?ean=9781250014474" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ol>There are going to be two more books in this series that are not out yet. I have already read the first two and loved them so I would totally recommend them!!! If you like Sookie Stackhouse type books you have to read these! <br /><br />Then I am going to read these two books by Julie Kagawa:<br />Bood of Eden Series<br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15803761-the-immortal-rules" target="_blank">The Immortal Rules</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Rules-Blood-Eden-ebook/dp/B00ALTVH8O/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366650893&amp;sr=1-9&amp;keywords=Julie+Kagawa" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-immortal-rules-julie-kagawa/1106936600?ean=9780373210800" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13581990-the-eternity-cure" target="_blank">The Eternity Cure</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Cure-Blood-Eden-ebook/dp/B00B0A5XTW/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366650893&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=Julie+Kagawa" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-eternity-cure-julie-kagawa/1113515777?ean=9780373210695" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ol>Then I will get back to my regular books full of romance, and angsty, etc. I hope you all have a great book week! I have two reviews coming up this week. Hope to get those up soon!! Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-19866871106407279022013-04-19T08:35:00.004-04:002013-04-19T08:36:49.131-04:00Going Under by S. Walden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17337522-going-under" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L0ciUe76Xmc/UXEw4NKKH4I/AAAAAAAAAE0/TRYUlRmiwRY/s200/17337522.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17337522-going-under" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-ebook/dp/B00BW9F36Y/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366372852&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/going-under-s-walden/1114916013?ean=2940044386044" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“I’m talking about the kind of indignity that changes you as a person, makes you withdraw, hide from the world because suddenly it’s turned into something frightening—full of dark corners and monsters.” <br /> </b> </i></div><br />So...I have been sitting on this book for a few days. Totally not at all sure how to review/rate it. I have a hard time knowing how I feel about books like this one. Ones that are raw and gritty...and not all sunshine and rainbows. <br /><br />Warning from the author: <span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><i><u>This is a New Adult fiction book with mature themes. It contains graphic sex and language and a description of sexual violence.</u> </i>The scene she is alluding to is very raw, but it is not over done, nor is it sensationalized.&nbsp; You kind of know it is coming, but you hope...you so hope...that maybe you're wrong. Maybe there is something redeeming about the "bad guys". Sometimes people are just bad though. Afterwards you totally do feel edgy and shaken. If you have been a victim of sexual violence I don't think this book is for you and I urge you to talk to someone if you haven't.&nbsp;</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><b>I didn’t want my own fucking forgiveness anyway. I wanted Beth’s, and she was no longer here to give it to me.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The premise of the book is that Brooke Wright is trying so hard to atone for the death of her best friend and the wrongs she did to her before she died. The things she never got forgiveness for but so desperately needs. It's her senior year and she moves in with her dad and starts going to the school Beth went to. The school with a sick group of guys who take advantage of girls with their "Fantasy Slut League". Brooke is determined to infiltrate the group and exact her revenge on them. Make them pay for the things they did to Beth and to other unsuspecting girls.&nbsp;<i><b> </b></i><br /><i><b><br /></b></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“It’s always described as melting, and I finally understood why. I thought my body was turning to liquid. I could feel my bones giving way, threatening to dissolve and leave me one big puddle of goo.” <br /> </b> </i></div><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><br /></span><span id="freeText3976375177894684306">Along the way, Brooke meets Ryan. She cannot avoid him. She knows she should. That she is on a mission and she can't falter. She has to keep going...for Beth. For the other girls. The chemistry they have was awesome to "see". They really are two dysfunctional people who find each other...and they totally work together. I do so wish we had more moments between them, but the mysteriousness of Ryan, and the secrets they are keeping from each other, really get you hooked and keep you guessing.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span id="freeText3976375177894684306">However, it's not their relationship that is the center of the story. For me it was Brooke and her revenge and her healing...or lack of healing at times. She is so not a perfect heroine. She's not one that you automatically root for and want to see succeed. She's done terrible things...and to her own best friend. Who does that?! Lots of people do and I think that's why she is so easy to relate to at times. We have all done things to our "friends" in high school or junior high. Maybe not to the extreme Brooke has...but we all have so I think we can look at Brooke and all her flaws and understand her pain and motives.&nbsp;</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText3976375177894684306">&nbsp;</span><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><br /><i> <b> “You think you know what to expect. You think you have it all planned out. But something in you always surprises you, and it’s a buzzing undercurrent that keeps you silently guessing until your picture is complete.”&nbsp; </b> </i></span></div><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><br />Although this book deals with such strong and awful subject matter, it's not a super dark book. At least it didn't feel like it to me. <i>There are light moments and happy moments. Moments that make you hope...because there is always hope. Always.</i> </span><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"></span><br /><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><br />I definitely recommend this one, but please go in prepared so you aren't caught off guard. I think if you were it would be really hard to digest.</span><br /><span id="freeText3976375177894684306"><br /></span><span id="freeText3976375177894684306">There are a couple additional scenes over on S. Walden's blog: <a href="http://swaldenauthor.blogspot.nl/2013/04/additional-going-under-scene-ryan-meets.html" target="_blank">Ryan Meets Gretchen</a> and <a href="http://swaldenauthor.blogspot.nl/2013/04/additional-going-under-scene-please-do_9.html" target="_blank">Ryan's Reaction</a>. <i>Do not read these if you haven't read the book!</i> </span>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-61130052821601595272013-04-18T20:32:00.003-04:002013-04-18T20:32:56.232-04:00The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17277883-the-secret-of-ella-and-micha" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlGwdv4lgds/UXCKY8snPSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/AWA2Eu2SQ-8/s200/17277883.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17277883-the-secret-of-ella-and-micha" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Ella-Micha-Jessica-Sorensen/dp/1455574856/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366330364&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+secret+of+ella+and+micha" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-of-ella-and-micha-jessica-sorensen/1112736185?ean=9781455574858" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>“It's what's buried deep inside that frightens me because it's broken, like a shattered mirror.”&nbsp;</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Ella </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;Ella and Micha are two broken people who have known each other nearly their whole lives. They have struggled with the line in their friendship for a long time. It scares Ella I think, to think of being more with Micha. He knows her better than anyone and after one tragic night, she doesn't want to remember her past. She doesn't want to think about the things that Micha makes her think about. She's trying so hard to be someone different but when she has to come back home, after leaving without a trace, she is forced to face things she has buried deep inside. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“you can't just change who you are on the outside and expect it to change who you are on the inside.”&nbsp;</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Micha </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;Micha<i><b> </b></i>totally sees through this new Ella. He sees her for who she is and for who she was and he loves her anyways. After all these years, he still loves her. I absolutely loved the relationship between Ella and Micha. I loved watching him try to bring the old Ella out. The one that she has pushed deep down and hidden from the rest of the world. He has made it his mission to help her remember who she was and be ok with it.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“I love you, Ella May and nothing will ever change that. You can push me away -run away – and I will still love you.”&nbsp; </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Micha</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Micha loves her, and you totally feel it while reading. I looooved him! He would seriously do anything for her. He's totally swoon worthy...but not ridiculously unrealistic. He has his own issues, but you know and love him anyways. You love him for how long and how well he has stuck by the people he loves..like his mom and like Ella. He is a great character and one of my fave book boys. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know..but I was surprised by how much I loved this book. It kind of snuck up on me and I am mad at myself for waiting a bit to read it. I bought it weeks ago and finally decided to pick it up. It was such a great read. The characters were awesome..and relatable...if that's even a word. I really understood where they were coming from with their decisions and actions. I am super excited for the next book and finding out what is going to come next for Ella and Micha. They really are two of my favorites!&nbsp; </div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-65604800910337943412013-04-17T23:27:00.000-04:002013-04-17T23:27:03.351-04:00Quick Little UpdateSo, I have been super sick for over 12 days now! It's insane. I have been reading lots but haven't gotten all my reviews posted. Just wanted to update that I totally will be doing that in the next couple of days! xoxo!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEH0rwOqG-s/UW9n9CbOcwI/AAAAAAAAAEU/rVdS7HPi2DU/s1600/64813_467249460015402_1541597718_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEH0rwOqG-s/UW9n9CbOcwI/AAAAAAAAAEU/rVdS7HPi2DU/s320/64813_467249460015402_1541597718_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-11563108903987342182013-04-15T10:22:00.000-04:002013-04-15T10:22:29.797-04:00Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990969-ten-tiny-breaths" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dl70ZQzJvxw/UWwGEvhQ_gI/AAAAAAAAAEE/yOQFJL0yGrY/s200/17278200.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990969-ten-tiny-breaths" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Tiny-Breaths-Novel-ebook/dp/B00B3VOU74/ref=tmm_kin_title_0" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ten-tiny-breaths-ka-tucker/1114043444?ean=9781476740324" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>&nbsp;" 'Just Breathe,' my mom would say. 'Ten tiny breaths...Seize them. Feel them. Love them.'..... I didn't understand it then. I do now."<br />Kacey Cleary</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the moment I started this book I was hooked. The prologue sucks you right in and you need to find out what is going to happen to Kacey. How is she going to survive this?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The book is written in sections, going through stages of Kacey's healing...or sometimes lack of healing. I like this, in the sense that it sets you up for what to expect...grief, anger, dependence...etc. However, it doesn't spoil anything or give anything away in the big picture. The writing of this book is done in such a way that you feel everything and picture everything and I LOVE that. I love having such a clear picture in my head of what is going on. It just was really well done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"I want to make you smile. For real. Always. We're going to go for dinners, and see movies, and walk on the beach. We'll go hang-gliding, or bungee jumping, or whatever you want to do. Whatever makes you smile and laugh more." His fingers toy with my bottom lip. "Let me make you smile."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Trent Emerson</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*sigh* I love Trent. He's so passionate and swoon worthy. You can tell he wants nothing more than to see Kacey happy...and she is rarely happy anymore. She pushes people away always, but Trent is determined to get through. You know he has secrets, but so does Kacey and they just feel right for each other. It's an instant connection, but it's not cheesy or over done like so many other books. I figured out his secret really early in the story, but it didn't ruin it for me. I needed to see how it would play out and I was holding my breath the whole time. The anticipation was excruciating at times, but so worth it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"You hate me, don't you? You must hate me. I can't help it. I'm broken." Trent squeezes me close to him. "I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Give me your heart, Kacey. I'll take everything that comes with it."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kacey was such a damaged person. Who wouldn't be after what she went through??? I loved her though. I loved seeing little bits of the "real kacey", as her sister Livie would say, slip through. Little by little we were getting to know who she really was before she put up all her walls. It was really endearing and I was rooting for her the whole time. Rooting for her to find peace and love and healing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All in all I loved this book. It was a really good, hopeful, romantic read. Full of emotions. My only complaint is that the major plot twist was obvious to me. Maybe it won't be to you though? Like I said though, it didn't ruin the story for me though. I thoroughly enjoyed it still.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"Our past isn't who we are. I'm me and you're you and that's who we need to be."</b></i></div><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17302495-one-tiny-lie" target="_blank">Book two</a> is going to going center around her sister Livie and I am so super excited about that! </div>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-12747496623856335122013-04-14T19:47:00.003-04:002013-04-15T09:47:41.452-04:00Up Next!I snagged a few books this week because there were such awesome sales this weekend! Plus I scored a couple books from NetGalley I had been wanting to read. WOOT! Here are the books added to my library this past week!<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990969-ten-tiny-breaths" target="_blank">Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker</a><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Tiny-Breaths-Novel-ebook/dp/B00B3VOU74/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365982255&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ten-tiny-breaths-ka-tucker/1114043444?ean=9781476740324" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> </li></ul></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17277883-the-secret-of-ella-and-micha" target="_blank">The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen</a><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Ella-Micha-ebook/dp/B00B3VX4LC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365982305&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+secret+of+ella+and+micha" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-of-ella-and-micha-jessica-sorensen/1112736185?ean=9781455574858" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17277883-the-secret-of-ella-and-micha" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16085614-a-beautiful-lie" target="_blank">A Beautiful Lie by Tara Sivec</a><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Lie-Playing-Fire-ebook/dp/B00AW2KV28/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365982532&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=A+Beautiful+Lie" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-beautiful-lie-tara-sivec/1114059105?ean=2940016139074" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16085614-a-beautiful-lie" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17337522-going-under" target="_blank">Going Under by S. Walden</a><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-ebook/dp/B00BW9F36Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365982695&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Going+Under" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/going-under-s-walden/1114916013?ean=2940044386044" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17337522-going-under" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15762657-seducing-cinderella?ac=1" target="_blank">Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell</a><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seducing-Cinderella-Fighting-Love-ebook/dp/B00BFQDFG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365982733&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Seducing+Cinderella" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seducing-cinderella-gina-l-maxwell/1112180837?ean=9781620612910" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li></ul><br />Once again, I keep buying more and trying to read them as fast as I can! Not sure where I will start this week, but I am excited by all the awesome books I have managed to get! </li></ul>Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670464021091061092.post-33826832651529164932013-04-11T08:19:00.000-04:002013-04-11T08:19:43.731-04:00Rush Me by Alison Parr<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17203923-rush-me" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rGf8x7saQck/UWaokkFPFbI/AAAAAAAAADo/9e2hNqaYN80/s200/17203923.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17203923-rush-me" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nt_hhOX44m4/UV5EVk53vBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Eopqz_CBesA/s1600/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Me-ebook/dp/B00APEXMJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1365682409&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Rush+Me" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rush-me-allison-parr/1114057558?ean=9781426895333" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s1600/4+stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-30FHClgvDLo/UWWDQJKs8sI/AAAAAAAAADc/uYq41QBqdm8/s200/4+stars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I did look at a lot of reviews (just the ratings. I didn't read all of them) and I really was preparing to not like it that well. In some ways, I think that helped me with this one. I didn't have really high expectations and I really enjoyed it! I think that that sounds bad...but what I mean is that most books people build up sooooooo much I tend to be really disappointed with. With this one I hadn't heard a lot about it..just saw a lot of 3 star ratings.<br /><br />Rachael is one of those leading ladies that will drive some people nuts, but I loved her. I was always waiting to see what she would say next. She was really harsh with Ryan sometimes, but honestly, he was harsh with her too. I loved that she defended herself, but would always have that moment afterwards where she would wish she hadn't. It felt normal and realistic to me, because I am so like this! Constantly smacking my forehead later for the things I let slide off my tongue.<br /><br />I felt like the book was paced really well too. It moved pretty fast which was nice. Some books drag on and on and on and this really wasn't like that. It was a short, easy read (a wee bit predictable) but fun and had nice closure.<br /><br />I do wish there would be more books. Like spin off ones with the other players and people in their little group. Some of the characters we only got snippets of and I feel like I would like to read more about them!Eliza Greerhttps://plus.google.com/115262093890125753132noreply@blogger.com0